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US Commerce Dept says all other countries would be subject to aluminium quotas equal to 100% of their 2017 exports to the US, or a quota on all imports from all countries equal to a maximum of 86.7% of their 2017 exports to the US.

Bill Browder: Canada imposes Global Magnitsky Sanctions on Maung Maung Soe, the Myanmar general responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Rohinga's. This is Canada's 2nd use of Magnitsky Act since law passed in October

First photos of new Iraqi T90 tanks delivered by Russia to Iraq. Over 73 tanks have been delivered as the Iraqi military upgrades its tank fleet with the most advanced Russian tank available for export. Iraqi crews have already received training in Russia.

Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release yesterday claiming that a North Korean vessel was involved in a clandestine StS (Ship-to-Ship) transfer of oil just two days ago, 250km east of Shanghai

Giorgio Marrapodi, Italy's director general for development cooperation, said Italy will provide 260 million euros ($321 million) in soft loans to Iraq alongside $6.5 million in grants and $5 million in humanitarian assistance.